RN Wound Ostomy

Position Summary:


To provide expertise in the management of wound, ostomy, or skin care in the Wound Center. Additionally, provides consultation to acute care patient care units

Qualifications:


EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Associate's Degree in in Nursing

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License upon hire

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
1-3 years of experience in/with medical/surgical clinical setting And Basic knowledge of wound, ostomy, and skin care management AndDemonstrated clinical expertise and ability to function without direct supervision

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
  
• Work may occasionally require travel to other facilities/hospitals.
  
• Required to drive your own vehicle for business purposes.
  

Essential Functions:

• * Actively manages patient care correlating initial assessment, treatment course, and other services. * Communicates patient care effectively. * Calls physicians/offices to clarify physician orders. * Assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's educational requirements based on their age-specific needs and to provide the care needed. * Ensures wound/ostomy/skin plan of care is understood by those in the continuum of care also providing patient services, i.e. Home Health, DME Company, and agencies in the continuum of patient care. * Documents patient's response to interventions. * Performs a thorough and accurate patient assessment to evaluate the patient's status, level of knowledge, determine readiness for education, plan and implement appropriate teaching strategies and assess the patient's response. * Considers special patient needs when delivering nursing care. * Evaluates patient/family cultural needs to promote comfort and compliance to prescribed regimens. * Evaluates patient/family cognitive skills and adjusts education accordingly. * Possesses knowledge and skills necessary to obtain adequate lab specimens for testing. * Performs patient bedside lab testing and associated quality control in compliance with medical provider's orders and hospital lab procedures/policies.
• * Provides effective and quality wound care education and documentation to ensure optimal level of care. * Maintains knowledge of skin care, wound, and ostomy trends, standards, and education. * Demonstrates knowledge of required nursing care for individual procedures/treatments. * Provides accurate patient education and discharge instructions. * Facilitates product evaluation for ostomy and wound/skin care products. * Works collaboratively with staff nurses. * Utilizes the nursing process by assessing the learner and teaching situations, formulating a plan for teaching, providing the education directly or by assisting other staff, and evaluating the teaching process. * Timely documents teaching efforts and outcome
• * Provides patient education. * Documents patient care and any changes in patient's status thoroughly and accurately. * Documents patient/family education and assessment of patient/family learning. * Assesses patients/family to desired educational method and includes that delivery method in education.
• * Keeps abreast with current methods, resources and industry trends for Professional growth. * Identifies opportunities to improve patient, family, and staff teaching programs. * Continues professional development. * Demonstrates technical knowledge of equipment and supplies. * Demonstrates knowledge of tests and procedures. * Displays and maintains pharmacology knowledge. * Reads current literature to maintain and develop knowledge base. * Participates in education of other departmental and organizational personnel, as requested. * Assists in development of new programs as requested. * Participates actively to ensure activities are in agreement with regulatory standards, i.e., The Joint Commission, Medicare, Medicaid, OSHA, etc. * Actively transfers knowledge of any wound care changes to staff.